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Thesaurus: exuviae

Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.

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  1. n. pl. Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.
  2. n. pl. The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
  3. n. cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
  4. 1. (Zoöl) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc. 2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
  5. Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts ofanimals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, theshells of lobsters, etc.
  6. n. cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis